Northeast
Musconetcong River
Live Conditions
Musconetcong River — At Hackettstown, NJ (gauge unverified)
Live Conditions
Musconetcong River — At Bloomsbury, NJ (gauge unverified)
7-Day Flow
↓ Falling
24-Hr Pressure
29.14 inHg · → High/stable
Local Weather
Tough conditions — fish deep
Today
☁️Overcast
82° / 53°
Tomorrow
🌧️Rain
66° / 52°
0.3"
Thu
🌧️Rain
59° / 47°
0.1"
Fri
☁️Overcast
55° / 41°
0.02"
Cold front incoming — go deep with nymphs, surface activity likely slow.
Weather by Open-Meteo · No API key · Updated every 30 min
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🪰 Hatch Calendar
Musconetcong River · May · Late Spring
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HENDRICKSON peak. Caddis. Sulphurs (size 16-18) building. Wild and stocked browns active.
River Map
About Musconetcong River
The Musconetcong flows through Warren and Morris counties and benefits from limestone spring influences that moderate its temperature, making it one of NJ's more reliable warm-weather trout fisheries. The river holds a mix of stocked and wild brown trout and fishes well with both nymphs and streamers. Several sections carry special regulations and it's one of the few NJ rivers where trout can survive the summer in cooler spring-fed pools.
Regulations
Special regulation sections exist — check NJDEP Trout Management Area listings. Portions are catch-and-release or size-restricted. Standard NJ trout season applies to unregulated stretches. NOTE: USGS gauges 01455500 and 01456000 are unverified — flow data may be stale or unavailable; check with local outfitters as backup.